Head of Software Engineering

About Us
At Squarcle, our people are at the heart of what we do. We're a digitally native supply chain consultancy, helping clients transform how they plan, buy, and operate. Squarcle is a fast-growing SME with offerings across enterprise design and change, supply chain and digital capabilities.

Transforming procurement and supply chains with expert insight, digital innovation and data driven precision, we combine deep supply chain expertise with cutting-edge digital tools and data science to deliver practical, lasting results. Whether it's optimising end-to-end processes, redesigning supply chain networks, improving cost-to-serve, or shaping smarter S&OP strategies - we work side by side with clients to build supply chains that are efficient, resilient, and fit for the future.

Job Overview / Introduction
The Head of Software Engineering will be responsible for overseeing all aspects of Squarcle's software engineering organisation, ensuring the delivery of high-quality, scalable, and innovative technology solutions. This individual will drive the company's engineering strategy, foster a culture of technical excellence, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to achieve business objectives.

Squarcle is highly committed to equality and diversity in our recruitment and talent management processes.

Primary Roles And Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and scale a high-performing software engineering team.
• Develop and execute the technology roadmap to align with Squarcle's strategic goals and product road map.
• Ensure the delivery of high-quality, secure, and scalable cloud-based software solutions.
• Collaborate with partners to OEM third party technology solutions to ensure "best in class" solutions for non-core features and capabilities.
• Champion best practices in agile development, DevOps, and CI/CD methodologies.
• Embed quality engineering practices across teams, including automated testing frameworks, test coverage standards, and continuous quality measurement within CI/CD pipelines.
• Define and govern the organisation's end-to-end testing strategy, ensuring robust quality gates across unit, integration, system, performance, and security testing.
• Foster a culture of innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement within the engineering teams.
• Work closely with Product teams to drive customer-centric development.
• Stay ahead of industry trends and emerging technologies to maintain Squarcle's competitive edge.
• Oversee engineering budgets, resource allocation, and vendor relationships.
• Establish and enforce engineering standards, coding guidelines, and system architecture best practices.
• Lead technical due diligence and integration efforts for potential mergers and acquisitions.

Secondary Roles and Responsibilities

• Assist with the Squarcle recruitment and retention activities.
• Support the development of Squarcle policies and processes.
• Support thought leadership and business development outputs.

Knowledge, Skills And Experience (Essential)

• 10+ years of experience in software engineering.
• Proven track record of leading cloud based SaaS development teams.
• Expertise in modern software architecture, microservices, and cloud platforms (ideally Azure).
• Experience with Agile methodologies, DevOps practices, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Deep understanding of quality engineering, test automation frameworks, and modern testing methodologies (e.g., shift left, Test Driven Development (TDD) / Behaviour Driven Development (BDD), performance and security testing).
• Proven experience establishing testing governance, quality standards, and automated quality gates within enterprise scale SaaS environments.

Knowledge, Skills And Experience (Desirable)

• Understanding of supply chain analytics (would be an advantage).

What we offer

We believe great work deserves great rewards. Here's what you can expect as part of the team:

• Generous leave package

• 26 days of annual leave (including your birthday) plus UK bank holidays — increasing to 27 days after three years, and 28 after seven years

• You'll also get five extra days for your five and 10 year anniversaries

• Additional leave for members of the Reserve Forces and CFAV.

• Private medical insurance

• Provided once you've completed your probation.

• Recognition and rewards

• £1,000 referral bonus for successful hires

• Performance related awards

• Milestone and life event hampers to celebrate life's big moments

• Development & learning

• Annual training week abroad

• Funding for qualifications that benefit both you and the business

• Travel & wellbeing

• Cycle to work scheme

• Discounted travel through funded railcards

• Pension

• Our pension provider is NOW Pensions, pension contributions are 3% employer and 5% employee

We review our benefits regularly to ensure they stay competitive and meaningful - so this list may evolve as we grow.

Our working hours are 8:30am – 5:30pm (with an hour for lunch), Monday – Friday.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION:

This role requires you to have lived in the UK for the last 5 years and obtain
Security Check (SC) security clearance
. Clearance must be obtained without any caveats that prevent you from carrying out the role you've been recruited for. If it isn't obtained, or is obtained but with caveats that prevent you from carrying out the role, any conditional offer made to you will be withdrawn. Obtaining SC security clearance can be a lengthy process, and we reserve the right to withdraw any conditional offer made if the necessary security clearance isn't obtained within 6 months. If you hold dual citizenship or nationality from another country, please make us aware of this during the application phase. We're unable to offer visa sponsorship.
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